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->''"Blossom, commander and the leader\\Bubbles, she is the joy and the laughter\\Buttercup, she is the toughest fighter"''-->--'''Ending theme''', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''

A group dynamic trope, a type of female PowerTrio where [[TheSmartGuy one is smart]], [[TheBigGuy one is tough]], and one is conventionally [[TheChick pretty, popular or feminine]].

Often, to give "Beauty" a useful skill, she also acts as the TeamMom, TheKirk, or [[TheHeart the mediator when the other two get into their frequent fights]]. In other cases, she is the [[TheFace one who is ''socially'' adept and empathetic]], while "Brains" has technical skills but is sometimes nerdy or socially awkward.

The personalities might also be what the FreudianTrio used to be described as: body or the impulsive, pleasure-seeking one (the brawn), mind or the academic, reasonable one (the brain) and heart or the one who ties them together, as the calming, healing influence (the beauty). In other words, the Brawn represents the [[TheMcCoy Id]], the Brain represents the [[TheSpock Superego]], and the Beauty represents the [[TheKirk Ego]].

[[BlondeBrunetteRedhead Often]] ColorCodedForYourConvenience as the BrainyBrunette, the FieryRedhead and the [[BrainlessBeauty beautiful but]] DumbBlonde (keeping with giving them a skill, sometimes they can also be an example of HairOfGoldHeartOfGold). Contrast though as the BlondeBrunetteRedhead tend to be portrayed as flaws while Beauty, Brains and Brawn are good.

See also: TheHecateSisters, TheThreeFacesOfEve, and FourGirlEnsemble.

----!!Examples

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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''** Fuu - Brains, a [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled]] [[TheSmartGuy Smart Girl]] who likes to analyze.** Hikaru - Brawn, a boisterous tomboy who is usually the first into a fight.** Umi - Beauty, a GirlyGirl more towards LadyOfWar instead of CuteBruiser.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'':** The six Inner Senshi*** Usagi/Sailor Moon and Chibi-Usa/Chibi-Moon - Beauty; a mother and daughter duo who love each other very much, like any other mother and daughter.*** Rei/Sailor Mars and Makoto/Sailor Jupiter - Brawn; one is a shrine-maiden with anger issues, the other is an athletic tomboy.*** Ami/Sailor Mercury and Minako/Sailor Venus - Brains; one is a technological genius, the other has years of experience as another superhero named Sailor V.** The Outer Senshi*** Michiru/Sailor Neptune - Beauty; the ElegantClassicalMusician*** Setsuna/Sailor Pluto - Brains; Orchestrates the rise of the Silver Millennium with the Time Gate.*** Haruka/Sailor Uranus - Brawn; she's mannish, can pass for a guy and uses a sword.** The Sailor Starlights*** Yaten/Star Healer - Beauty; delicate and fashionable like a model.*** Taiki/Star Maker - Brains; literature-loving intellectual with excellent grades.*** Seiya/Star Fighter - Brawn; star school football player with a quick temper.

* In ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''** ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'': Vivio and her two best friends*** Vivio - Beauty (Attracts friends with ease in addition to being [[EverythingsBetterwithPrincesses royalty]])*** Corona - Brains (Bookworm type SquishyWizard MarionetteMaster and the least brawny of the three)*** Rio - Brawn (Skilled martial artist who created her own style and the least bookish of the three)** Similar dynamic with the original trio*** Nanoha - Beauty (An AllLovingHero by means of DefeatMeansFriendship)*** Fate - Brawn (Does the most up close fighting of the trio and has the skillset to match)*** Hayate - Brains (Least able to go one on one according to Canon, gained magic by being plugged into a Magical Tome. Becomes a Commander and BigGood in the series following her debut)** Nanoha & Co. [[EvilCounterpart Material Counterparts]] from MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable on the other hand are:*** Stern - Brains (The Material of Wisdom, the analyst and strategist)*** Levi - Brawn (The Material of Power, the BloodKnight and the one [[DumbMuscle who leaves the thinking the other girls]])*** Dearche - Beauty (The Material of Lordship and the ''[[SheIsTheKing King]]'' of the trio)

* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''** Beauty: Lucia, TheHeroine who's constantly concerned about her love life.** Brains: Hanon, frequently reminds Lucia (therefore informing the audience) of the rules of the mermaid world, while also being more savvy than her about the ways of the human world.** Brawn: Rina, a bit tomboyish and more battle-driven than the other two.

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':** The beginning of the series gives a strong impression of having this ensemble, but it [[SubvertedTrope breaks down quickly]].*** Beauty: Madoka, TheChick and by far the least combat-capable of the group. [[spoiler:Until she becomes a god, and erases all witches from existence.]]*** Brains: Mami, TeamMom, constructs muskets out of ribbons and has years of experience fighting witches. [[spoiler:TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled.]]*** Brawn: Sayaka, card-carrying tomboy, the most determined to beat up baddies. [[spoiler:Goes angst-berserk over lovesickness and self-hate, becomes a witch.]]** In [[spoiler:the original timeline]], things are shuffled around:*** Beauty: Mami, who does little direct fighting, and mostly supports the others.*** Brains: [[spoiler:Homura]], the dorky and awkward one, beats a witch with a homemade pipe bomb.*** Brawn: Madoka, the most aggressive, outgoing, and confident of the three.** ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]]'' organizes the five characters into groups:*** Beauty: Madoka+Homura. Madoka boosts Mami's attack power and Homura does defensive time-freezing for the whole team. Nagisa takes over this role in the climactic battle.*** Brains: Mami, leader and somewhat literal orchestrator.*** Brawn: Sayaka+Kyouko, the dedicated [[BashBrothers Bash Sisters]], both as tomboyish as ever.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': When you boil them down to the characteristics most people associate them with, the Tendo sisters fit.** Beauty: [[TeamMom Kasumi]]** Brains: [[TheBarnum Nabiki]]** Brawn: {{A|ctionGirl}}kane

%%* ''Manga/{{Change 123}}'' (All of the below are fearsome fighters, and all [[SplitPersonality happen to be aspects of the same mind]])%%** Beauty: [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Mikiri]]%%** Brains: [[SugarAndIcePersonality Fujiko]]%%** Brawn: {{H|otBlooded}}ibiki

* ''Anime/{{Mai-HiME}}'' - the three main characters ** Beauty: Mai (The most maternal of they three as she looks after Mikoto, and takes care of her sickly brother, Takumi)** Brains: Natsuki (The most rational of the three and a bit of a loner)** Brawn: Mikoto (Despite being childlike she is incredible powerful and [[{{BFS}} wields a large claymore]].)* ''Manga/HanamaruKindergarten'' - the three main girls** Beauty: ShrinkingViolet Koume** Brains: ChildProdigy Hiiragi** Brawns: HotBlooded Anzu

* In ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', the first three Mew Mews are examples.** Beauty: Minto Aizawa, the affluent ballerina whose beauty amongst the Mew Mews is rivaled only by a later addition to the team, her idol Zakuro.** Brains: Retasu Midorikawa, the shy bookworm whose interest in books proves vital to victory against one chimera anima.** Brawn: Ichigo Momomiya, easily the most passionate of the initial trio, if just as feminine as the other two, and will spring into action the minute anything or anyone she loves gets threatened, even standing up to her own father when he's curb-stomping Masaya at kendo.

* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', the original trio.** Beauty: Doremi, the clumsy, boy-crazy ditz.** Brains: Hazuki, shy, one of the smartest students in her class.** Brawn: Aiko, a tomboy who excels in everything related to sports.

* ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}''** The main Jewelpets:*** Beauty: Garnet, always concerned with beauty and fashion, an expert in love.*** Brains: Sapphie, very intelligent, studious and tech-savvy.*** Brawn: Ruby, a ditzy, HotBlooded rabbit with crazy powerful magic ability.** The main humans from the first series:*** Beauty: Rinko, a shy girl who's frequently the voice of reason.*** Brains: Aoi, the cultured one.*** Brawn: Minami, a PassionateSportsGirl who sometimes uses her skills to fight off bad guys.

* ''LightNovel/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey'':** Kurousagi uses her god-granted lightning strikes and thus is brawn.** Kudou Asuka is beauty, with strong charisma and a "command" ability.** Kasukabe You is brains, signified by her copy ability and being able to speak many languages, including a sizable amount of animal ones.[[/folder]]

* ''JosieAndThePussycats'' - the RockTrio** Josie - Brains (the most level headed of the group and TheLeader)** Melody - Beauty (She's not bright and the prettiest of the three. She's largely unaware of all the attention she gets)** Valerie - Brawn (She's the {{tomboy}} of the trio who usually protects the others from unwanted male attention)

[[folder:Fan Works]]* ''Fanfic/SapphireEleanorRoseSuzetteDeMontVsCanon'' - the three female members of the MSEA we see the most of.** October: Brains; she's TheLeader of the MSEA and generally makes all the decisions** Aphrodite: Beauty; she's a lovely young thing who's not much into physical combat--instead, she's a CuteWitch** [[TomboyishName Charlie]]: Brawn; she carries a {{BFG}} and is always eager to do the dirty work* ''FanFic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' has different ones. For example:** Kamen Rider Club Girls (Horseshoes and Hand Grenades)*** Tomoko-Beauty (for having the Psychic Powers in the group) *** [[{{Otaku}} Yuki]]-Brains (Having the most knowledge of space)*** [[TheLeader Miu]] and [[TheBigGuy Erin]]-Brawn (Miu being the one making plans and piloting the Power Dizer. Erin for being the Aquarius Zodiarts and the healer)** Cosmic Hunting Dogs (Month of Sundays)*** [[CameraFiend Mari]]-Beauty (The healer with a boyfriend who wants to see people smile)*** [[TheCheerleader Jun]]-Brains (She's the most observant of the group and questions many of their actions.)*** [[HugeSchoolgirl Rumi]]-Brawn (Usually the one charging onto the field with a vaulting pole in hand)[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]%%* Occurs in Noel Streatfield's ''Ballet Shoes''.%%** Pauline - Beauty%%** Petrova - Brains%%** Posy - Brawn (while not the stereotypical Brawn, she is certainly the best dancer of the three)%%*** They also qualify as a BlondeBrunetteRedhead trio.

* ''Literature/AvalonWebOfMagic''** Kara - Beauty; she's so focused on looking good and otherwise {{girly|Girl}} Adrianne calls her 'Barbie'. Her original function was to power up the others, not mediate. That was Emily's job.** Emily - Brains; she's the one with ThePlan to protect the forest or thwart the EvilPlan.** Adrianne - Brawn; a {{tomboy}} and so action forward Kara calls her 'Xena'.

* In ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'', the three main female characters could fit into it, while their foster brother Briar fits a little bit into all three (being handsome, tough and clever in a street-smart sort of way).** Sandry: Beauty (thread based magic, clothes designer and politician)** Tris: Brains (weather based magic, book worm)** Daja: Brawn (metal work/fire based magic, smithy).

* In the ''Literature/HIVESeries'', Laura, Lucy, and Shelby embody this.** Lucy Dexter: Beauty- serves as TheFace due to [[spoiler: her CompellingVoice]] and is also a RomanticFalseLead to Laura.** Laura Brand: Brains- a GadgeteerGenius and CuteBookworm.** Shelby Trinity: Brawn- and ActionGirl who acts as an AlwaysSaveTheGirl towards Laura, who is kidnapped in every volume.

* Implied in Plato's Republic, which includes three castes, in which men and women are included equally** Guardian women - concerned with Forms and philosophical, brains** Auxillary women - concerned with physically guarding the city, do gymnastic, and look up to men, brawn** Money-making/common women (and probably how he saw most Athenian women of his day) - concerned with the appearances of things, not how they really are, beauty.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}''** Rachel - Beauty; attractive, trendy, fashionable.** Monica - Brains; level-headed, the one with most common sense.** Phoebe - Brawn; the badass who lived on the street, implied to be a capable fighter.

* ''Series/SamAndCat''** Cat - Beauty; wide-eyed, adorable and stunning.** Dice - Brains; always looking to make a deal.** Sam - Brawn; once punched her way out of a closet that was ''nailed shut''.

* ''Series/TeenWolf''** Beauty - Erica, the FemmeFatale who's not ashamed to use her looks and sexuality to get stuff done** Brains - Lydia, the brilliant and sarcastic TeenGenius.** Brawn - Allison, the ActionGirl who's a skilled archer who won't hesitate to kick your ass.

%%* ''Series/{{Glee}}''%%** Quinn- Beauty%%** Santana- Brains %%** Brittany- Brawn%%** All three of them could easily qualify for the ''Beauty'' category, but Quinn's is lampshaded thrice as much as the others and played up the most.

* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' has the Crawley sisters.** Beauty - Mary TheCharmer, though she later regrets having nothing else to offer.** Brawn - Sybil learns to work. Her personality also hardens.** Brains - Edith becomes a master organiser since she's not as pretty as pretty or strong as her sisters.

* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' used a mixed-gender example, as it themed the ''Cagayan'' season after the dynamic; with a tribe of strong people, a tribe of smart people, and a tribe of pretty people. "Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty" was even a tagline for the season.

* ''Series/CharliesAngels'', particularly in the first season** Sabrina - Brains; usually acted as leader, put the clues together, and solved the crim** Jill - Brawn; Somewhat surprisingly since the opening showed Kelly doing Judo, it was Jill who was portrayed as the athlete of the three.** Kelly - Beauty; Insomuch as they were all pretty much this, she was portrayed as the classic beauty.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theater]]* The Theatre/MrsHawking play series: ** Nathaniel - Beauty. Uses his charm and good looks to act as faceman.** Mrs. Hawking - Brains. The mastermind of the operation.** Mary - Brawn. Does the hard physical work as well as swings a fireplace poker as her weapon of choice.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' - The female gym leaders** Erika - Beauty. She isn't called "the nature-loving princess" for nothing.** Sabrina - Brains. The master of psychic Pokémon literally uses her noggin to communicate with her Pokémon in combat against trainers who come by.** Misty - Brawn. Not only is she explicitly called a tomboy on the signpost outside of her gym, she uses powerful Pokémon that can easily thrash your Pokémon if you're not prepared.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' - The lake guardians** Mesprit - Beauty. In-universe, they are known as the representation of emotion.** Uxie - Brains. The representation of knowledge.** Azelf - Brawn. Represents willpower, and also the one with the highest attack stat in the trio and the most offensive moves.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''** Ayla - Brawn; she's TheLeader of the cave people because AuthorityEqualsAsskicking. She fights barehanded because she has the muscles to do so.** Lucca - Brains; a inventor who wears glasses. She can fix Robo.** Marle - Beauty; the princess who occasionally wears a PimpedOutDress.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.''** Peach - Beauty; she fights with traditionally feminine "weapons" (such as a FryingPanOfDoom), daintily floats, and has a non-damaging final smash.** Zelda - Brains; most of her special moves are based on magical/psychic powers and in her source material she represents wisdom.** Samus - Brawn; she generally fights in heavy armor and her special moves are an arsenal of weapons, and is also the one who is ''always'' an ActionGirl in her source material.

* ''Videogame/BlazBlue'':** Noel Vermilion - Beauty. Although all three of them are certainly good-looking, Noel probably embodies this aspect the most, being the most outwardly feminine, with girly interests and an endearing {{Moe}} demeanour. She's also the one who is played for {{Fanservice}} the most.** Tsubaki Yayoi - Brains. Back in the Academy days, Tsubaki got the highest academic scores and acted as the brains of the trio. Her fighting style seems to make use of graceful attacks and [[FunctionalMagic Ars Magus]], emphasizing her intellect.** Makoto Nanaya - Brawn. Being a Beastkin, Makoto is extremely physically strong by human standards. Her fighting style also emphasizes this; twin-tonfas and punches as opposed to Noel's [[GunsAkimbo Bolverk]] and Tsubaki's [[CoolSword Izayoi]].

* ''VideoGame/SuperStreetFighterIV''** Chun-Li - Beauty (The most [[LadyofWar glamorously dressed and elegant]] of the three who has a fair-heartened personality to complete).** Cammy - Brains (The most task-oriented and highly trained of the three who has a [[TheSquadette military based mind-set]]).** Juri - Brawn (The most psychotic and violent female character of the series who enjoys [[BloodKnight fighting and killing like it was just a casual hobby]]).

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', if you discount MissionControl Rise, (who would otherwise be a secondary Beauty), then you get:** Chie: Brawn (Tomboyish KickChick)** Yukiko: Beauty (feminine, elegant, in charge of healing magic)** [[spoiler: Naoto]]: Brains (the most intelligent of the group, but also incredibly shy)

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'''s female cast is a little debatable (again, discounting Fuuka, the MissionControl character [[spoiler: and Metis, since she's an extension of Aigis anyway, and also fills the same role]]):** Aigis: Definitely the Brawn, being a superpowered RobotGirl (and one of two characters who only has physical-type offensive skills.)** Yukari: Could be the Beauty, due to being the healer of the group, and because her [[spoiler: trying to go back to the fight against Nyx again to try and save the Protagonist]] in The Answer causes the group to splinter.** Mitsuru: The Brains, being the smartest of the group, but also shares the Beauty role with Yukari, being an {{Ojou}} and TeamMom.[[/folder]]

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':** Nanase - Brawn (she can bench press 200 lbs when she has access to her magic and 160 lbs otherwise)** Grace - Brains (she learns very quickly, can store a lot of info in her short term memory, has above average long term memory and is a math tutor)** Ellen - Beauty (her appearance is based on the Female Variant 5 form as applied to Elliot which was designed with attractiveness in mind)

* ''{{Webcomic/Drowtales}}''** Zala'ess Vel'Sharen - Beauty (she's used her beauty to seduce men and has dozens of children and is the most likely to flaunt her physical assets, also the clan diplomat)** Sarv'swati Vel'Sharen - Brawn (leader of the Sharen army and a formidable fighter in her own right)** Snadhya'rune Vel'Sharen - Brains (mastermind behind the conspiracy that killed her mother, as well as TheChessmaster who's manipulated her other sisters into fighting each other)

[[folder:Western Animation]]* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''** Sam - Brains. A straight-A student, unofficial {{leader}} of the team, and comes up with the [[ThePlan most strategies for fighting the bad guys]] and when the girls have to escape near-death situations.** Alex - Brawn. A bit of a tomboy who's the most athletic of the the team and loves sports.** Clover - Beauty. A ValleyGirl who is easily the most boy crazy of the group. The show also gave a pragmatic reason to have a Beauty, since she is good with disguises (though this becomes a moot point in later seasons where the girls just use holograms.)

* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' - The Chipettes** Brittany - Beauty (the prettiest one of the group, and the oldest of the group)** Jeannette - Brains (the most mature and by far the most intelligent of the group)** Eleanor- Brawn (surprisingly [[{{Acrofatic}} athletic given her weight]])

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Cutie Mark Crusaders** Sweetie Belle - Beauty. She takes after her sister in fashion and has a stunning singing voice.** Apple Bloom - Brains. Her cutie mark is implied to involve carpentry and she devises many of their plans.** Scootaloo - Brawns. A skateboarder that idolizes [[BoisterousBruiser Rainbow Dash]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' - Danny's Crushes** Sam: Brains; she is often the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]] in the group of friends.** Valerie: Brawn; she has a side job as a ghost hunter.** Paulina: Beauty; she's the girl who seems to really only be considered "popular" because of her looks.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' - the main three females%%** Patti: Brains%%** Bebe: Beauty%%** Connie: Brawn (as seen in "Doug Throws a Party")

* ''XMenEvolution''** Kitty Pryde: Beauty; the most girly of the X-men. ** Jean Grey: Brains; honor student in this verse. ** Rogue: Brawn; TouchOfDeath by skin contact works wonders in a fist fight.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''** Starfire: Beauty; bright and bubbly personality. More than one episode focused on her appearance or relationship issues.** Raven: Brains; often reading and has the magical know-how.** Terra: Brawn; gritty, hands-on and hard hitting because of her super power.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' These characters were well rounded in their own ways, especially {{H|iddenDepths}}elga, but still have a heavy emphasis on this trope.** Helga: Brawn; she is a [[TheLadette Lad-ette]] who uses physical force against other classmates.** Phoebe: Brains; she is a nerdy overachiever who even skipped two grades at one point.** Lila: Beauty; she is a sweet pretty girl everyone initially hates for being perfect.